Show Biz Kids Chords by Rickie Lee Jones

Tempo:
110 bpm
Chords used:

G

Dm

D

Am

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Show Biz Kids chords
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[A#]
[C]
[D] [G] [Am]
[C] [Am]
After [N] closing time at the country fair I detect the El Supremo in the room [Am] at the top of the stairs.
[D] Well I've [N] been around the world and I've been in Washington too.
And in all my travel there's a fact so ravel I found this to be true.
[D] I've had [G] poor people [Dm] sleeping with the [G] shade on at [D] night.
Poor people [G] [Dm] sleeping on the [B] stars coming out at night.
[D] Poor [Bm] people [F] sleeping with the [D] shade on at night.
Poor [G] people [F] sleeping on the stars coming out at night.
[B] Lost [Am] witness, lost [G] [Dm] witness, lost [E] witness, [Dm]
lost [G] [Dm] witness, [G] [Dm]
[Bm] lost [F] witness.
They got [B] the house on the corner with the roads inside.
[N] They've got the booze they need, all that money can buy.
They've [G] got shapely bodies, they've got [Am] steelies [N] and t-shirts.
And for the goop and the grime
[D] that [G] I [F] read you so [C] honey [D] let me [C] tell you [Dm] why.
Poor [G] people [Dm] sleeping with the shade [G] on at [Am] night.
Poor [G] people [Dm] sleeping on the stars coming out at night.
Poor [G] people [Dm] sleeping with the shade [G] on at [Dm] night.
Poor [G] people [F#] sleeping on the [G] stars coming out at [D] night.
[F] [G] Lost [Dm] witness, lost [D] witness, [F] [G] lost [Dm] [Am] witness, [G] lost [Dm] witness, [G] lost [Dm]
[Am] witness, [G] lost [Dm] witness,
[C#]
[D] [G] My [Dm] screen is, my screen is, [G] my screen is
[Dm] Show business [Bm] kids making movies [G] of [D] themselves
They don't [Bm] give a fuck about anybody else
[Am] Show business kids making [D] movies of [F#m] themselves
You know [D] they [A] don't give a fuck [D] about [A#] anybody [Am]
else
[F#m] Show [Am] business kids making movies of themselves
You know they don't give a fuck [Dm] about anybody [D] else
[Dm] Las [F] [D] Vegas, [G] Las [D]
Vegas, you know [G] that Las [F] [D]
[Am] [G] [Dm] [G] [Dm]
[G] [D] Vegas
[Am]
While they're poor [G] people [F] sleeping with their [G] shade on [D] their ladder
[G] [C]
[D] [G] [Am] [Dm] [G] [Dm]
Poor [G] people [F] sleeping, though the stars [G] come [Dm] out at night
los ruedas [G] step by [Dm]
step
[G] los [Dm] ruedas [G]
[Dm] step by [Am]
[D] step
los ruedas step by step
[G]
[Dm] [F] [B] los [F] ruedas step [G] [Dm] by step
[G] [Dm] [D]
[G] [D] [G] [D]
[G] [Dm] [G] [Dm]
[D] [Dm]
Key:  
G
2131
Dm
2311
D
1321
Am
2311
F
134211111
G
2131
Dm
2311
D
1321
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To learn Rickie Lee Jones - Show Biz Kids chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Dm, G and Dm of chords. A strategic approach would be to train at 55 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 110. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of G Major in mind.

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[A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
After [N] closing time _ _ _ at the country fair _ _ I detect the El Supremo in the room [Am] at the top of the stairs.
[D] Well I've [N] been around the world _ and I've been in Washington too. _ _
And in all my travel there's a fact so ravel I found this to be true. _ _ _ _
[D] I've had [G] poor people [Dm] sleeping with the [G] shade on at [D] night.
Poor people [G] [Dm] sleeping on the [B] stars coming out at night.
[D] Poor [Bm] people [F] sleeping with the [D] shade on at night.
Poor [G] people [F] sleeping on the stars coming out at night.
[B] Lost [Am] witness, lost [G] [Dm] witness, lost [E] witness, _ _ _ [Dm] _
lost [G] [Dm] witness, _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
[Bm] lost [F] witness.
_ _ They got [B] the house on the corner _ with the roads inside.
[N] _ They've got the booze they need, _ _ all that money can buy.
_ They've [G] got shapely bodies, _ _ they've got [Am] steelies [N] and t-shirts.
And for the goop and the grime _ _ _
[D] that [G] I [F] read you so [C] honey [D] let me [C] tell you [Dm] why.
Poor [G] people [Dm] sleeping with the shade [G] on at [Am] night.
Poor [G] people [Dm] sleeping on the stars coming out at night.
Poor [G] people [Dm] sleeping with the shade [G] on at [Dm] night.
Poor [G] people [F#] sleeping on the [G] stars coming out at [D] night.
[F] [G] Lost [Dm] witness, lost [D] witness, [F] [G] lost [Dm] [Am] witness, _ _ _ _ [G] lost [Dm] _ witness, [G] lost [Dm]
[Am] witness, [G] lost [Dm] witness,
[C#] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [G] My [Dm] screen is, my screen is, [G] my screen is _ _
[Dm] Show business [Bm] kids making movies [G] of [D] themselves
They don't [Bm] give a fuck about anybody else
[Am] Show business kids making [D] movies of [F#m] themselves
You know [D] they [A] don't give a fuck [D] about [A#] anybody [Am]
else
[F#m] Show [Am] business kids making movies of themselves
You know they don't give a fuck [Dm] about anybody [D] else
[Dm] Las [F] [D] Vegas, [G] Las [D]
Vegas, you know [G] that Las [F] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _
_ _ [G] _ [D] Vegas
_ _ [Am]
While they're poor [G] people [F] sleeping with their [G] shade on [D] their ladder
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Dm] _
Poor [G] people [F] sleeping, though the stars [G] come [Dm] out at night
los ruedas [G] step by [Dm]
step
[G] los [Dm] ruedas _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ step _ by [Am] _
[D] step
los ruedas step by step
[G] _ _
[Dm] _ [F] [B] los [F] ruedas step _ [G] [Dm] by step
_ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song finds its place within the Its Like This album.

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